Timing: This event will be professionally chip timed! We will be providing race day results at our results kiosk immediately after you finish your race. We will also provide a web link to results that you can share with your family and friends so they can follow your race on their web devices.

Event Rules: All athletes must have an approved helmet with the chin strap fastened before exiting bike transition. Your local bike shop can provide you with assistance to ensure your helmet meets approval. Drafting is prohibited on the bike course. You must keep 4 bike lengths from the cyclist in front of you. Bikers and runners must obey all traffic rules/laws and race official instructions. Roads will not be closed to vehicular traffic. You must use caution when on the bike course and yield to vehicles on the road. Volunteers will be placed in key areas to help direct race traffic but will not be stopping vehicles. No outside assistance is allowed and no one other than the athletes and race staff are permitted in the transition area.

Schedule:

5:30pm – 7:00pm (Friday)

Packet Pickup- at Mercury Endurance Cycles

6:30am – 8:15am (Saturday)

Packet Pickup- at Race Venue

6:30am – 9:30am

Transition Area Open

9:20am

Duathlon Pre-Race Meeting

9:30am

Duathlon Race Start

11:00am (approx.)

Duathlon Awards Ceremony

Swag: Here is the 2018 Swag. Click on images below to enlarge.

Categories:

Individuals- will complete the entire race course themselves and must choose from the categories below.

Age Group- this is the general category individuals will race in unless they select one of the other categories below. Age Group participants will compete for overall, masters and age group awards.

Clydesdale- this is an optional category for men 220 pounds or higher. If you select this category you will only be eligible for Clydesdale awards.

Athena- this is an optional category for women 165 pounds or higher. If you select this category you will only be eligible for Athena awards.

Relay Teams- teams are either 2 or 3 people who will each complete separate leg(s) of the race. One member will do the first run and then hand off the timing ankle chip to their biker and then the biker will hand off to the final runner. Both hand offs must be done inside the bike transition area. The ankle chip must be worn on the ankle and not carried. The ankle chip must be attached to the ankle before leaving the bike transition area. Relay teams compete for Relay awards only.

Top Athena (women 165 lbs+) / Clydesdale (men 220 lbs+): (39 and under) and (40 and over). If you choose these divisions you will not be eligible for your 5 year age group. Please be aware you will be discretely weighed at the event.

Your race age is based on your age on December 31, 2018, per USAT rules.

Awards will be handed out at the awards ceremony following the race. No award will be mailed automatically. For a fee of $10 we will mail your award upon your request.